Jim Fouras discusses the successful and unsuccessful legislation introduced under Goss, the difficulty of balancing the electorate's needs with budgetary constraints, and his conflict with the Premier over the Speaker position.
Anne Warner notes that she did not change her behaviour when she assumed the role of shadow spokesperson. Although she received more media attention she did not think she became media savvy. At this time she describes the quick movement of politics, particularly as a result of the Fitzgerald Inquiry. She notes that as a shadow spokesperson there was little information apart from leaks. However, she did have a good working relationship with people in the Family Services Department.
Anne Warner recalls that in the late 1980s the member for Ipswich West, David Underwood, decided not to run in next election and Anne Warner became a shadow spokesperson as his replacement in the areas of Prisons and Administration Services.
Russell Cooper describes the lack of input into policy creation by public servants at the time. He describes his contact with some of the prisoners he met while minister and relates a story about Carl Mengler.
Judy Spence discusses the privatisation of prisons, and that although she was initially opposed to it, that the two private prisons - Borallon and Arthur Gorrie - work well with government monitoring.
Judy Spence discusses her role as Police Minister during the Palm Island death in custody (2004), and her relationship with Aboriginal people having previously been Aboriginal Affairs Minister and her relationship with police officers throughout Queensland. She discusses the government's response to deaths in custody.
